Join us this week as we sit down with Sensei Will Starks, an accomplished bjj practitioner and surging MMA fighter. Will has come off some recent big wins including in the ring and at the North American Grappling Association.

Join us as we chat with Michael Dymond. Sensei Dymond has trained with Hanshi Gary Legacy, and has paved the way for many Legacy Shorin Ryu students over his lifetime, including Sensei Daniel Whittal and Sensei Randy Dauphin. Notably, in 2006, he visited and trained in Okinawa at the dojo of Ikihara Sensei. He is also a published author of 5 books. His memoir “It’s just about me: 23 Dover Street” reflects his early days from Chatham, Ontario, Canada where he grew up in a post war environment with a sister and two half-brothers. He and his sister, Margo, were among the many young victims of this war having lost their father in its closing days. These days, Sensei Dymond enjoys golf, Tai Chi, working out, and watching movies. He continues to train Karate, and says he’s too old to quit.

Join us as we chat with Sensei Terry Yanke, a 9th dan in jiu-jitsu with the Ontario Jiu-Jitsu Association. Sensei Yanke is a former Waterloo Regional Police Officer and was an Emergency Response Team Leader. He combines martial arts with techniques he used when he was a police officer to create a very effective self-defense system. He has taught classes in local schools and businesses and is a trainer for women’s self defense programs.In addition, Sensei Yanke is a Former President of the Canadian Jiu-Jitsu Association and World Council of Jiujitsu Organizations, holds a 1st dan in judo, and is an inductee in the Canadian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Hall of Fame.